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introduction post!
Hello and welcome to my journal. I thought I'd make this post for new friends and old friends who've forgotten who I am. (It happens to me, too!) Below are some things about me. (◡‿◡✿)
• My name is Allison. I'm 35 and I live in Connecticut, USA, with my sister. We rent an apartment and while I'd like to own a home, I don't think it's something that will ever happen. Maybe one day I'll be able to get a condo. My sister and I are very close and rely on each other.
• I'm in a relationship with a non-binary person. I'm also non-binary. We've been together for over four years and just recently became engaged. I love them very much. They've changed my life.
• I work for a university in the office of the registrar. This is a fairly new position. Previously, I worked in financial aid at a different university for over three years. I was also working remotely until now.
• I completed my Bachelor's Degree in 2017. My major was English with a concentration in creative writing. This year I finished my Master's Degree in higher education leadership. I'm looking into starting an MFA program in creative writing.
• I've loved writing since I was young. I used to write often and extensively. However, it's been difficult for about 4 years now to write anything. I've been inconsistently working on a memoir to help me work through many things.
• My mother died in March of 2018. We didn't have a very good relationship, and I had just moved out of her house about six months prior after living there for my whole life. It's been a serious trauma.
• After my mother died, I started painting instead of writing. But once the pandemic hit, I stopped doing anything creative. Lately, I've been trying to get into digital painting/drawing. It's a goal in 2023 to draw/paint routinely.
• I live with depression, anxiety, complex PTSD, some OCD, and a mood disorder. The pandemic hasn't made any of this easier. My mental health has been very poor for the past two years or so. However, in recent months, my depression has been better while my anxiety has increased.
• I started this specific journal in 2007, but I was on LJ for a few years before that. I was extremely active on LJ. In 2017, I stopped updating the journal, but I was still around LJ for a couple of other reasons. In October 2021, I started updating the journal again.
• I've privated all my previous entries and moving forward I will private entries every few months.
• I'm a fat person and I have some arthritis. Because of these things, it's difficult for me to move my body and I have chronic pain. I'm working on intuitive eating and finding ways to be more active.
• I am about as liberal as you can get. I care about many causes. I would not consider myself an activist since I don't do much to support these causes. If my body didn't hurt, I would get out there in protests and marches. I just have empathy for other people.
• I enjoy stories in all forms, but consuming them has been difficult since my mother died. I mostly enjoy playing video games (single-player RPGs which are heavy on the story). Anything else- books, television, movies- feels like work, though it's getting better. I have a lot of favorite books, tv shows, movies, fandoms, etc. A few are The X-Files, Frasier, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, all books by Gillian Flynn, Horizon Zero Dawn (and Forbidden West), The Legend of Zelda, most David Fincher movies, many horror movies (though my tastes are specific). In general, I like to consume to fantasy, science fiction, and historical fiction.
• I love music, and discovering new music. I enjoy listening to a new album start to finish, but I mostly consume through playlists. Some favorite artists are Taylor Swift, Fall Out Boy, Lady Gaga, Alaska Thunderfuck, Haim, Sky Ferreira, and a lot of one-off songs.
Last Updated 1/10/2023.
• My name is Allison. I'm 35 and I live in Connecticut, USA, with my sister. We rent an apartment and while I'd like to own a home, I don't think it's something that will ever happen. Maybe one day I'll be able to get a condo. My sister and I are very close and rely on each other.
• I'm in a relationship with a non-binary person. I'm also non-binary. We've been together for over four years and just recently became engaged. I love them very much. They've changed my life.
• I work for a university in the office of the registrar. This is a fairly new position. Previously, I worked in financial aid at a different university for over three years. I was also working remotely until now.
• I completed my Bachelor's Degree in 2017. My major was English with a concentration in creative writing. This year I finished my Master's Degree in higher education leadership. I'm looking into starting an MFA program in creative writing.
• I've loved writing since I was young. I used to write often and extensively. However, it's been difficult for about 4 years now to write anything. I've been inconsistently working on a memoir to help me work through many things.
• My mother died in March of 2018. We didn't have a very good relationship, and I had just moved out of her house about six months prior after living there for my whole life. It's been a serious trauma.
• After my mother died, I started painting instead of writing. But once the pandemic hit, I stopped doing anything creative. Lately, I've been trying to get into digital painting/drawing. It's a goal in 2023 to draw/paint routinely.
• I live with depression, anxiety, complex PTSD, some OCD, and a mood disorder. The pandemic hasn't made any of this easier. My mental health has been very poor for the past two years or so. However, in recent months, my depression has been better while my anxiety has increased.
• I started this specific journal in 2007, but I was on LJ for a few years before that. I was extremely active on LJ. In 2017, I stopped updating the journal, but I was still around LJ for a couple of other reasons. In October 2021, I started updating the journal again.
• I've privated all my previous entries and moving forward I will private entries every few months.
• I'm a fat person and I have some arthritis. Because of these things, it's difficult for me to move my body and I have chronic pain. I'm working on intuitive eating and finding ways to be more active.
• I am about as liberal as you can get. I care about many causes. I would not consider myself an activist since I don't do much to support these causes. If my body didn't hurt, I would get out there in protests and marches. I just have empathy for other people.
• I enjoy stories in all forms, but consuming them has been difficult since my mother died. I mostly enjoy playing video games (single-player RPGs which are heavy on the story). Anything else- books, television, movies- feels like work, though it's getting better. I have a lot of favorite books, tv shows, movies, fandoms, etc. A few are The X-Files, Frasier, Star Trek, Lord of the Rings, all books by Gillian Flynn, Horizon Zero Dawn (and Forbidden West), The Legend of Zelda, most David Fincher movies, many horror movies (though my tastes are specific). In general, I like to consume to fantasy, science fiction, and historical fiction.
• I love music, and discovering new music. I enjoy listening to a new album start to finish, but I mostly consume through playlists. Some favorite artists are Taylor Swift, Fall Out Boy, Lady Gaga, Alaska Thunderfuck, Haim, Sky Ferreira, and a lot of one-off songs.
Last Updated 1/10/2023.